Contributor Confessions

Tooth Fairy Tales Ever since my two older kids starting losing their teeth and writing letters to the Tooth Fairy, I have been typing up responses in the night to disguise the true identity of the one who leaves them...

You've somehow found yourself to be a mom of 3 young children at the museum. It's a children's museum. They are young. They are going to have an absolute blast. But something between worry and terror blankets your face. Don't stress....

Immediately after trekking home from school with all of his hiker-biker friends, he dashed into my room. He gave me a "Hi Mom." I looked up from my computer to find my boy standing there. His hair was soaked...

Do you ever get through part of the year and think, wow that really sucked? Fall was like that for us. We started the season finding out that we were pregnant with our third baby - the highest of highs,...

It's 2 AM, and someone's crying. The baby is hungry... maybe? Or is it his diaper, or is it gas? Why won't he stop crying?? Big sister wakes up; she wants to sleep in our bed. Climb on in,...

There were three of you standing at the bottom of the slide. I saw you staring and whispering as I held my daughter’s hand and we slid to the bottom. I saw you laugh and snicker. I saw you look...

I've graduated, Friends. At this stage in the game we are stroller free on our morning walk to school. All three boys plow the sidewalks on scooters to drop off our oldest at school. I want to throw open the front...

November is National Adoption Month. And while you always hear the stories of children adopted after months and years in foster care, international adoption, and other successful adoption stories, stories about adult adoptees are nearly nonexistent, which is why...

As the years go by, marriages go through ups and downs. I guess that is why most vows have that little section about “in good times and bad times”. My husband and I have definitely had our share of...

Working moms are often criticized harshly for their career and family choices, and unfortunately, the harshest critics are often other women. When I met my future husband, I was a practicing Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist climbing the ranks in academic medicine....